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List of Winter Olympic Games and Host Countries

07.01.2012 | Author: onlineGKguide | Posted in Sports


Games Year Host Dates Nations
I 1924 France Chamonix, France 25 January – 5 February 16
II 1928 Switzerland St. Moritz, Switzerland 11–19 February 25
III 1932 United States Lake Placid, United States 4–15 February 17
IV 1936 Nazi Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany 6–16 February 28
1940 Originally awarded to Sapporo, Japan, cancelled because of World War II.[148]
1944 Originally awarded to Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, cancelled because of World War II.[149]
V 1948 Switzerland St. Moritz, Switzerland 30 January – 8 February 28
VI 1952 Norway Oslo, Norway 14–25 February 30
VII 1956 Italy Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy 26 January – 5 February 32
VIII 1960 United States Squaw Valley, United States 18–28 February 30
IX 1964 Austria Innsbruck, Austria 29 January – 9 February 36
X 1968 France Grenoble, France 6–18 February 37
XI 1972 Japan Sapporo, Japan 3–13 February 35
XII 1976 Austria Innsbruck, Austria 4–15 February 37
XIII 1980 United States Lake Placid, United States 13–24 February 37
XIV 1984 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 8–19 February 49
XV 1988 Canada Calgary, Canada 13–28 February 57
XVI 1992 France Albertville, France 8–23 February 64
XVII 1994 Norway Lillehammer, Norway 12–27 February 67
XVIII 1998 Japan Nagano, Japan 7–22 February 72
XIX 2002 United States Salt Lake City, United States 8–24 February 77
XX 2006 Italy Turin, Italy 10–26 February 80
XXI 2010 Canada Vancouver, Canada 12–28 February 82
XXII 2014 Russia Sochi, Russia 7–23 February -
XXIII 2018 South Korea Pyeongchang, South Korea 9–25 February -

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